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Author/Creator:Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873, cartographer.
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Title:Storm and rain chart of the North Pacific. Sheet 1 / by M.F. Maury, L.L.D. Commander U.S. Navy, Superin'd't of U.S.N. Observatory, Washington ; compiled from materials in the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography by Lieuts. James D. Johnston and A.F. Warley, U.S. Navy [cartographic material].
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Published/Created:[Washington, D.C.] : United States Hydrographical Office, 1860.
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Physical Description:1 map ; 58 x 67 cm.
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Links:View a digital version in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
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Cartographic detail:Scale [ca. 1:12,500,000 at the equator] (W 150°--W 75°/N 60°--N 0°).
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Notes:Covers the northeastern Pacific only.
"Under the head of rain are included Hail, Snow and Sleet."--Explanation.
It appears that this chart was intended to be complete in 2 sheets, but only sheet 1 was issued.
"Series E."
The storm and rain charts were released as series E of Maury's "Wind and current charts", series A-F. For complete discussion, see "The wind and current chart series produced by Matthew Fontaine Maury," by Marc I. Pinsel, in Navigation : Journal of the Institute of Navigation, v. 28, no. 2 (Summer, 1981), p. 123-137.
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Variant and related titles:North Pacific
- Format:Map
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Subjects:Storms--North Pacific Ocean--Maps.
Windstorms--North Pacific Ocean--Maps.
Precipitation (Meteorology)--North Pacific Ocean--Maps.
Marine meteorology--North Pacific Ocean--Maps.
Nautical charts--North Pacific Ocean.
North Pacific Ocean--Climate--Maps.
North Pacific Ocean--Maps.
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Genre/Form:Nautical charts.
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Also listed under:Johnston, James D.
Warley, Alexander F., 1823-1895.
United States. Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography.
United States. Hydrographic Office.
United States--Washington (D.C.)
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11311076